Android Security Research Engineer — Exploitation (Equity)

Zealot Labs, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Zealot Labs, Inc. in London, United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Android vulnerability researcher to join a small, high-ownership team. You will identify, exploit, and triage vulnerabilities across Android OS, apps, and firmware, and you will build tooling to automate discovery and triage for mobile platforms.

We value strong reverse engineering skills and a proven CVE/bug bounty track record. You will work on ARM/AArch64, kernel internals, and modern Android security surfaces, using Frida,

Qualifications

• Demonstrated Android vulnerability research experience.
• Exploit development and kernel experience are strong pluses.
• Proven security research capability against mobile platforms.

Responsibilities

• Discover and exploit vulnerabilities in Android OS, apps, and firmware.
• Develop exploit chains across OEMs and chipset vendors.
• Build tooling to automate vulnerability discovery and triage across Android.
• Research new attack surfaces introduced by Android updates and patches.
• Deep experience with Android internals: kernel, HAL, Binder IPC, SELinux.
• Proven track record of finding and exploiting Android CVEs or in bug bounties.
• Strong ARM/AArch64 reverse engineering and exploit development skills.
• Proficiency with Frida, Magisk, custom kernels, and Android debug tooling.
• Strong C/C++ and Java/Kotlin skills for systems and app analysis.

Skills

Android vulnerability research

Exploit development

Reverse engineering

C/C++

Java/Kotlin

Android kernel debugging

Frida

Magisk

Android internals

Tools

Ghidra

IDA

Binary Ninja

Job description

Zealot Labs, Inc. in London, United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Android vulnerability researcher to join a small, high-ownership team. You will identify, exploit, and triage vulnerabilities across Android OS, apps, and firmware, and you will build tooling to automate discovery and triage for mobile platforms.

We value strong reverse engineering skills and a proven CVE/bug bounty track record. You will work on ARM/AArch64, kernel internals, and modern Android security surfaces, using Frida,